Michael Gudinski

Michael Gudinski couldn't be happier about his company's new joint venture. “There’s love in the air,” he says with a laugh.

The partnership will see Frontier Touring and Chugg Entertainment join forces from April.

“Be assured that rumours that I’m selling Mushroom Group are absolutely incorrect."

"We don’t believe in discounting tickets, we fight passionately on behalf of artists and fans against ticket scalping and we don’t believe in price gouging."

Other Australian promoters on the Billboard list include TEG and Chugg.

AEG Presents is setting-out a strategic play which could shake-up the Australian touring market, multiple sources tell TIO.

Herald worked on tours by Troye Sivan, Lorde, The Killers, Muse, Harry Styles and most recently Sam Smith

All in all, during Billboard's qualification period (Oct 1, 2017-Sep 30, 2018), Frontier sold in excess of 2.61 million tickets across Australia and New Zealand.

“The Eagles are bigger in America than they’ve ever been and I’m proud to say Australia and New Zealand are the first countries to get the show outside of America."

After 32 years at the helm, Ian James will step away from the leadership of Mushroom Music Publishing next January as Linda Bosidis takes the top job.